A survey of manufacturing flexibility: Implications for e-business flexibility
β Scribed by Shi, D.; Daniels, R. L.
- Book ID
- 114995380
- Publisher
- IBM
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-8670
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